What Happened on Apr 18

Battle Of Great Cacapon

The Battle of Great Cacapon (or Mercer's Massacre) was fought on April 18, 1756 between Colonel George Washington's Virginia Regiment and French... Read more

The Ride Of Paul Revere

The role for which he is most remembered today was as a night-time messenger on horseback just before the battles of Lexington and Concord. His... Read more

Battle Of Cerro Gordo

The Battle of Cerro Gordo or Sierra Gordo in the Mexican-American War saw Winfield Scott's US troops flank and drive Santa Anna's larger Mexican... Read more

Battle of Cerro Gordo - Lee Earns Rank of Brevet Major

The Battle of Cerro Gordo or Sierra Gordo[1] in the Mexican-American War saw Winfield Scott's US troops flank and drive Santa Anna's larger Mexican... Read more

Battle Of Tuxpan

The Battle of Tuxpan was a battle fought during the Mexican-American War. After the fall of Veracruz, Commodore Matthew C. Perry, commander of... Read more

Union Navy Fleet Attacks Confederate Forts at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip

The Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip (April 18–28, 1862) in the American Civil War was the decisive battle for possession of New Orleans. The... Read more

Battle of Poison Spring - Black Troops Massacred

Description: Dwindling supplies for his army at Camden forced Maj. Gen. Fred Steele to send out a foraging party to gather corn that the... Read more

San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a magnitude 8.3 (Richter Scale) earthquake struck San Francisco. With thousands of un-reinforced brick buildings... Read more

"Mabel at the Wheel" (film) is Released

Mabel at the Wheel is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and directed by Mabel Normand and Mack... Read more

Doolittle Raid

The Doolittle Raid, 18 April 1942, was the first air raid by the United States to strike a Japanese home island (Honshū) during World War II. It... Read more

Ronald Reagan Appears as Drake McHugh in "King's Row"

Kings Row is a 1942 drama film, directed by Sam Wood, that tells a story of young people growing up in a small American town at the turn of the... Read more

Ronald Reagan is Ordered for Active Duty

Reagan was ordered to active duty for the first time on April 18, 1942. Due to his nearsightedness, he was classified for limited service only,... Read more

Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup

The 1942 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings. After losing the first three... Read more

Allied Forces Clear the Ruhr Pocket

The first step in realizing Eisenhower's plan was the eradication of the Ruhr Pocket. Even before the encirclement had been completed, the Germans... Read more

U.S. Marines Clear Motubu Penninsula after Heavy Fighting

The main landing was made by XXIV Corps and III Amphibious Corps on the Hagushi beaches on the western coast of Okinawa on L-Day, April 1, which... Read more

Jackie Robinson plays first regular season game with Montreal Royals

Jackie Robinson plays his first professional baseball game for the Montreal Royals at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Montreal... Read more

Albert Einstein dies

On 17 April 1955, Albert Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which had previously been... Read more

FDA Approves Sanodi Aventis's Plaquenil

Plaquenil is considered an older disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug or DMARD. Plaquenil is actually in a class of medications called... Read more

Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup

The 1959 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Montreal was making its ninth... Read more

Second Day of Bay of Pigs Invasion

By about 10.30 on 18 April, Cuban troops and militia, supported by tanks, took Playa Larga after Brigade forces had fled towards Girón in the early... Read more

Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup

The 1963 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings. The Maple Leafs would win the... Read more

38th Academy Awards

The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1965, were held on April 18, 1966 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica,... Read more

"The Revenge" - Season 2 Episode 7 of Seinfeld First Airs

"The Revenge" is the twelfth episode of Seinfeld. The episode was the seventh episode for the show's second season. It aired on April 18,... Read more

Scorpions release Live Bites

Live Bites is a live album by German heavy metal band Scorpions released in 1995. It was recorded between 1988 and 1994 in Leningrad (Russia),... Read more

MST3K Ep. 904 - "Werewolf"

After digging up strange bones, a man becomes a werewolf. Includes Martin Sheen's brother Joe Estevez in a minor role. Catchphrase: Wahr-wilf! Read more